Mechanisms of action of fluoride for caries control

Monographs in Oral Science

Volumn 22, Issue , 2011, Pages 97-114

  Buzalaf, Marília Afonso Rabelo ^a   Pessan, Juliano Pelim ^b   Honório, Heitor Marques ^a   Ten Cate, Jacob Martien ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FLUORIDE; FLUOROHYDROXYAPATITE; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; ENAMEL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PH; SALIVA;

ABSORPTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROXYAPATITES; SALIVA; TOOTH REMINERALIZATION;

EID: 84872662264     PISSN: 00770892     EISSN: 16623843     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000325151     Document Type: Article

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